Sold AS The alpha King's Breeder

Chapter 5: Do You Want to Die?

I was in that dream again.

Grass wet with dew brushed against my bare legs as I glided quickly through the meadow, barely feeling the ground beneath my feet. My eyes were scanning for another glimpse of the majestic creature I’d just gained sight of a moment ago before it bound between two large pine trees.

I knew if I followed the gorgeous white pony further into the woods, I would run into him again.

“Don’t touch me!” He raised his voice, but he didn’t sit up, and his arms lay limp at his side. He wore a mask over his face. Only his onyx black eyes were visible to me.

“Do you want to die?” I retorted as I inspected his body for wounds.

“…I don’t care,” he replied quietly.

My hands paused. For some reason, his words broke my heart a little, even though he’d almost killed me just now.

I lifted my gaze to meet his. His eyes were so deep, so dark, like infinite wells, and I feared that if I spent too much time looking into them, I might not be able to extricate myself from their depths.

“Well, I do, okay?” I said. “My father would yell at me if he finds out I left someone bleeding to death in the wild! Relax. l’

m just going to bandage up these wounds.”

He grunted a bit when I lifted him off of the ground, but he didn’t fight back anymore.

Silence filled the air, and I felt I had to say something, so I started with the basic question. “What’s your name?”

He looked at me with those dark eyes and answered, “I don’t have one.”

“Really? That’s strange, because I don’t have one either.”

He cocked his head to the side and gave me a look that was a cross between confused and annoyed.

“It’s true. People just call me girl.”

“Girl?” he repeated.

“That’s right. Girl,” I gave him a big smile. My father had told me that smiles were one of the most effective ways to make friends.

But instead of returning a smile back to me, he almost seemed a bit uncomfortable and moved his gaze away from mine. “And what are you doing out here in the woods all alone?” he asked.

“Um…“ | tapped on my chin. “Have you heard of the Sun Blossom flower?”

His eyes widened slightly, and I could see that he had heard of it.

I continued, “You know, the flower that grows on the side of the mountains. I’ve heard they’re beautiful, and smell won

WI

derful. That’s why I came. My friend was leading me there…”

“Your friend?” he glanced around immediately, his tone

wary.

“Yes, my new friend. A little white pony…”

He let out a breath of relief, and then said matter-of-fact ly. “Those flowers, they’re not easy to get.”

“My mother also said it was a fool’s errand.” | rested my hands in my lap. “But I love flowers. Don’t you?”

He shrugged and looked down at the ground.

suddenly extinguished. His whole body was

turned unnervingly silent, and I started

are you still here?” | couldn’t

“Is something the matter?”

in shock, my

just happened?” I asked

me. In it was a beautiful Sun Blos som flower in full bloom, its delicate purple

you wanted one,” he said, handing the flower to me. “So I

at the

seep in all around me again until it was nearly pitch black. I could barely see

shouted, wishing I knew his

and

my hand, sinking into the fabric of my

blood was coming

shouted. “Are

see the whites of the eyes behind

the blood continued

me-I realized he was dead and that the darkness was about

was pounding out of my chest as my eyes flew open and the

took me a moment to remember where I was. Brushing my hand over my face, I sat up in bed and looked at the fig

Right. The palace.

It was no wonder i’d had such a bloody version of my recurring

of dawn filtered in beneath the curtains, and a glance at the clock told me that it was still quite early.

I couldn’t go back to sleep. Not after

den for a bit of fresh air. Being outside

air was crisp so I inhaled deeply,

he could give me advice about how to proceed. Luckily, his lessons had been engraved in my heart. I would

soft pink with traces of white, and they smelled divine. I paused to breathe them in, looking at the glorious pink and gold sunrise in

around me, and

attention and they quickly ushered my resolve

something crashing hard

then I heard what I thought were growls, followed by muttered curse

people fighting one another, and I immediately

again. Really, how hated was he that this

to get back inside. But as I began to move, I stepped on some dry leaves that

Shoot!

my knees behind the bushes, I tried to hide myself, praying neither of them noticed

be interrupted by me and ended shortly. Just then, I heard a familiar voice order, “Come out now,

self-preservation, I grabbed some dirt and smeared it on my face, messing up my hair and

enough that he wouldn’t want to look at me. That way, he wouldn’t recognize me as

Theo’s expression was hard. His dark eyes

went to his chest, but then I dropped my head so that I

bit of hope that maybe someone would come along and spare

footsteps finished in quick succession as Jake, the Beta, stopped next to the

of replying to his Be

only passing by, Your Highness,” I said in a

Obviously, he didn’t buy it. “You may look a mess, but I remember

outside. “Yes, that’s true. I was… on my way to the kitchen… to learn how to cook for you… but I got lost…….”

with every syllable, a new tremor of fear passed over me. “Let me make

to remind him, “But the

away?” | as sumed he was referring to

Jake glanced at me

He took a step closer to me, and I cowered, but my

me?”